Campaigns of Wellington - Ian Fletcher - Folio Society - 2007
Edition
Campaigns of Wellington - Ian Fletcher - Folio Society - 2007
Condition
Very Good.
Details
The campaigns of Wellington. Edited and introduced by Ian Fletcher. 252 × 164 × 37 mm. 3 vols Type: Imprint with Caslon Antique for display. Printed and bound by T.J. International. Printed full cloth, each volume reproducing in aquatint a different William Heath battle scene; cream endleaves. Black three-volume slip case titled (as above). Throughout are maps reproduced from an earlier work by Charles Walker Robinson. The three volumes are as follows:
[I] The Peninsular War, 1808–1811, an eyewitness history, edited and introduced by Ian Fletcher. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], 1–344: [13] leaves of colour plates. Aquatint used for binding design by J.C. Stadler. Endleaves with map in black by Reginald Piggott.
[II] The Peninsular War, 1812–1814, an eyewitness history, edited and introduced by Ian Fletcher. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], 1–358 [359–362]: [13] leaves of colour plates. Aquatint used for binding design by Thomas Sutherland. Endleaves with same map as volume I.
[III] The Waterloo Campaign, 1815, an eyewitness history, edited and introduced by Ian Fletcher. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–359 [360]: [13] leaves of colour plates. Aquatint used for binding design by Thomas Sutherland. Endleaves with maps in black from Robinson.